But THIS SHIT gets passed???
This bill, H.R. 2681, pretends to be about ‘preserving jobs’ when really it’s solely about allowing cement factories to emit as much pollution as they possibly want. This bill nullifies the EPA’s rules that would have curbed air pollution nationwide.
Cement plants rank in the top five of the biggest emitters of mercury air emissions in the United States. Toxic mercury air emissions deposit in oceans, lakes, and streams, where it accumulates in fish and other wildlife, eventually affecting humans. Mercury is a potent neurotoxin that harms children’s developing brains. At current levels, EPA analysis indicates that by 2013, plants would be emitting as much as 18,000 pounds per year.
This is such serious bullshit.
It truly astounds me that the Republican party is too narrow-minded to understand the concepts of “THE FUTURE” and “HEALTH”.
More pollution, ESPECIALLY MERCURY for god’s sake, = more sick people = higher medical bills and rates of illness = more people looking to the government for help = more government intervention needed = exactly what Republicans hate.
I’m about to rename my tumblr #GOPBULLSHIT
